Raspberry Almond Pie Bars

Raspberry Almond Pie Bars with a zing of lemon will be your new favorite holiday treat! Pie bars are one of my favorite things because I love pies, but I always secretly dread rolling out the pie dough. Well with pie bars you just dump and press flat! So easy!

I love lining my pans with parchment paper for 2 reasons. 1: Easy clean up! 2: When the bars are cooled, I just lift up on the parchment to pull out the bars and then I can easily cut them into squares!

And when it comes to flattening your pie crust, you can use your fingers but you’ll leave little finger marks all over. So if those marks bug you, just use the bottom of a glass or a measuring cup!

As for the filling of these incredible Raspberry Almond Pie Bars, I added a little zing using the lemon zest and juice. Feel free to play around with that, maybe even use an orange instead if you want! I really just loved the brightness from the lemon, the sweetness from the raspberries and the warmth from the almond. It’s a perfect fall treat that really goes along with all the Thanksgiving flavors.

I toss the berries in flour and sugar first to make sure they don’t all sink through the filling. And I break them up with a spoon so that every bite will have a little bit of raspberry in it 🙂

If you loved these, check out my Pumpkin Dump Cake, it’s basically like an upside down pumpkin pie! Or want another fun pie recipe? Eggnog pie is insanely easy and incredibly eggnoggy!

Guess what time of year it is? Time for the Crisco Pie and Baking Hotline! How fun is this? You can call and ask all your questions about pies and other baked goods and someone will actually pick up the phone and answer! So cool! I know when I’m in the kitchen and something isn’t going right, I hop on my computer to find out what to do. But I always get frustrated because my questions are so specific. Well, in November and December I can just call and ask an expert!

Here’s the hours for the hotline:

November 12 – 21: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET

December 10 – 21: 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET

December 24: 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET

A little behind the scenes shot for those of you who like to see how it all happens 🙂

I was compensated for this post by the J.M. Smucker Company, all opinions are my own.

OK, so somehow, I just now finally noticed your love of Cary Grant movies in your bio. Totally with you on that. I dig The Philadelphia Story, personally. But it’s almost not fair, because that has Jimmy Stewart and Katherine Hepburn, too.

But I digress. These bars look like they are just bursting with flavor! I’d love a few of these for my next movie binge 🙂